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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 03:44 PM
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whats the best way to paint them ? or is powder coating a better way?
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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Powder coating would give a tougher finish.
But if you want to do it yourself, just clean it all up well and use some aluminium primer before you paint it as normal!

What colour you gonna go for?
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 08:32 PM
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black with the 'ford motorsport' bit in silver ?
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 11:28 AM
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You need to bare metal it, acid etch prime primer it then top coat. I would paint the silver rather than just sand the top back to bare alloy as it looks a bit dull. Paint the silver on the logo first, top coat it as normal then sand back the top coat untill back to th silver.
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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cheers for that !
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 03:22 PM
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can you still get hold of the oil caps aswell?
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Old Jan 20, 2011 | 09:26 PM
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no but there the same as some vw ones just have to have a scout round scrappies as i can't remember which one
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and dont forget charge carriers dont go over them unless you butcher the rocker cover
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